I while back I said no more 9mm track. Then I built a small 09 scale layout. Then there is this. There is link wiring to do and then there are questions. Will it be operated? Unlikely/only minimally. The 009 layout has been hawked about by young Burnham on a couple of occasions, but this would be regarded as unusual. The pointwork remains at this time manual, but I have considered using the Peco switches and switch stand thing with the 'new' smart switches as an almost retro-step. Remember this is theirs, not mine. I am just the instrument.
Some of the early feed wiring fell into the realm of 'entertaining'. I've not managed to this for a goodly number of years and ran a follows:
The brain has two applicable reactions in this situation. 1. grab something which is falling. 2. keep hand away from the business end of a soldering iron as it is likely to be warm. In the split second in question, my brain confused these two reactions and placed them in the wrong order. I now have less skin on my finger than I did before the moment in question. Don't let anyone tell you that half a century of experience makes you better at the job in question.
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